[Imperial Capital: Mayo Auction Hall]
When Theo arrived, he greeted by a female receptionist. "Good Morning Sir", is there something you need assistance with?". She was a young lady at least 17 Years and was very polite. This gave Theo a good impression of this auction hall and this girl. He replied," I want to auction off something, is there a separate room were can use?" She didn't reply. Instead, she took a jade token and looked at it.
This jade token had blue lines and a small space with a stone inside it. These jade tokens were used to communicate the time of the next auction. When she looked at the spirit stone, it shone with bright red color. These colors represent time. Blue is a week, green is three days and dark red is 1 day. Bright Red! That's tonight. Now it was still morning so it wouldn't be too long.
After a moment of thought, she opened a drawer and took out a piece of paper and gave it to him and said, " sir, please sign here!. The auction is tonight so you'll have to wait". She looked a bit indifferent on the surface, but when ever she looked at him, she felt attracted.
She would occasionally steal glances at him and feel like her days of work were worth it if she could see him every day. The clothes were a little off, but that was overlooked. He was like an immortal in the human world. She didn't know why, but the moment she met him, her always icy heart had become melted. Yes, melted. At the Mayo Auction Hall, she was the kind of person who wouldn't even be moved by money. Other receptionists would use every method to get customers, even use their bodies. However, she wouldn't do that. Today, that persona of her's broke the more she looked at the young man in front of her.
Theo signed the contract on the paper and gave the paper back to the receptionist. She took the paper and called for the assistant of the leader. The assistant arrived and took the contract and left after taking with her with a little scolding. She didn't mind though. She expected it. She was not very popular here because of her personality and so the customers she got wouldn't be treated fairly.
"Sir, please come with me". Hiding a blush on her face, she directed Theo into a private room. This room was spacious and there were no weapons here. Only testing tools. The walked into a table and stood on the side. She was the first to speak," sir, you can put your sword here. It will be appraised for its value by our appraiser and then a decision to auction it today will be made".
She had seen at the paperwork that this young man called himself Theo and was auctioning a sword. Theo took out a long sword and placed it on the table. This sword wasn't anything extraordinary in the eyes of common people, but to others, it was a treasure. There were lines of complicated runes on the sword looking like the meridians in a human body. Only by closely monitoring it can one recognize them.
After putting the sword down, Theo was directed to a waiting room. This room had a few people with luxurious clothing and powerful aura. As soon as he entered, all eyes fell on him and the beauty next to him. Murmurs and chattering started." Who is that country bumpkin. Isn't that miss Elena. What an unlucky man". People gossiped.
When Elena (receptionist) heard the murmurs, her face turned cold. In her heart she thought,'am I a disease?' She felt the need to kill these people. She hadn't had a customer for a week because of these people's rumors. Now she got a good looking customer and they are already want to separate them. Theo found a place to sit and asked, " miss, i need white clothing. Is there a place I can get some?"
He was not joking. After being kicked out of the Skype Family, he had only three sets of clothing. The others were destroyed during his work days on his residence. So, yeah. He needs clothes. Elena could also see the clothes he was wearing so she replied," we do sell clothes here. Please wait a moment". She went out.
On the appraisal room, a few people entered. It was a lady, an old man and a young man. It was the Leader, the Grand Appraiser and the Assistant. When the Grand Appraiser was asked to appraise this sword, he was shocked to the core. The sword contained an incredible amount of residual Sword Qi and it seem to have consciousness. In the eastern Region there were many cultivators, however, sword cultivators with such sword qi were rare to find.
He sensed that the person who used this sword had a strong understand and attainments on the sword path. Even the sword had awakened a consciousness and keeps that sword qi. It is almost cultivating. This means that if someone take this sword, they will inherit the sword qi and comprehend the sword Dao. This is a peerless treasure.
He had told the Leader about this and even brought her to see it. She was shocked when she heard his explanation,"A sword spirit?". She looked at the almost ordinary sword with a shocked expression. Even the assistant was a little shocked. The leader finally said," how much is rhe the value of this thing?" She looked at the old man with enormous excitement.
The Grand Appraiser replied," Miss, are you sure you want to know?" She quickly replied," tell me about it!" It's estimated value is foundational! Ohh foundation, yeah it is. Wait, did you say foundational,"the leader was shocked. The items sold at the moyu auction hall were graded from Mortal, Earth and Heaven. Above heaven was foundational which meant Foundation of a High Rank sect. It was more valuable than those treasures of born from heavenly qi. The value of a foundational item would cause all the sects in the eastern Region to go wild. It would bring a large amount of money to the Moyu Auction Hall. The leader felt immense excitement wash over her heart and quickly said," Quickly send messages to the sects and spread rumors that we will be selling a foundational item". As soon as she said that, the assistant exited the room in a hurry. "Ha, ha, ha, we are lucky. Elevate the person who brought this customer and bring the customer to me". The leader had a smile that threatened to split her face.
Next chapter: Millions of high grade spirit stones.